Apt-get has asymetric command names for installing and removing
Bug #390793 reported by
Rich Jones
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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APT |
New
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Unknown
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When a person uses apt-get to install a package, they say
apt-get install packagename
It would make sense that
apt-get uninstall packagename
would have the desired effect. However, instead they are met with:
E: Invalid operation uninstall
Which is a rather unpleasant and confusing response. The problem is that these commands are asymmetric, a problem which is unfortunately common in the free software landscape.
The solution is trivial: add a simple alias to map 'uninstall' to the 'remove' function. I can fix this myself if somebody approves this bug.
Changed in apt: | |
importance: | Undecided → Unknown |
status: | New → Unknown |
Changed in apt: | |
status: | Unknown → Won't Fix |
Changed in apt: | |
status: | Won't Fix → New |
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reassign 249021 apt